IELTS Writing Task 2: A Band 6.0 Food-Waste Essay, Graded Line by Line
A fluent but under-developed Task 2 essay on food waste — scored band-by-band by Cuepen's AI examiner, showing why undeveloped ideas and accuracy slips cap it at Band 6.
Question:
Every day millions of tons of food are wasted all over the world. What are the causes? What measures can solve this issue?
Candidate's answer:
The amount of food being a waste on a daily basis has gone beyond reasonable numbers. This essay will discuss main causes and possible solutions to this issue.
Never before humanity saw this amount of resources available at the same time. With today's prosperity in food production, there supposed to be no issues with starvation around the world. Paradoxically, it seems to be creating yet another problem: unequal distribution of food resources and accordingly starvation in some regions and food waste in others. This may be the origin of the problem. Another factor in continuing waste of products can be consumerism culture. Today, people tend to buy items they wouldn't use, clothes they wouldn't wear more than once and food supplies in extra amounts.
Reducing the food waste appears to be solvable issue by several responses to the listed above problem factors. Firstly, international organizations such as UN, as well as local governments should raise awareness of the problem among general population. This could give of not instant but long term effect if done properly. Secondly, even if it may seem radical, authorities can introduce fines for wasting food resources.
To sum up, as food waste seems to be a remaining problem today, we are able to decrease it by suggesting harsh but effective methods as well as simple ways of human understanding.
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Candidate's Answer
Task Response feedback (4)
Paradoxically, it seems to be creating yet another problem: unequal distribution of food resources and accordingly starvation in some regions and food waste in others.
💡cause stated but not developed with reasoning or example
Paradoxically, it seems to be creating another problem: because food is distributed unequally, surplus in wealthy nations is discarded while poorer regions face starvation, as seen in supermarkets that bin unsold stock.
Today, people tend to buy items they wouldn't use, clothes they wouldn't wear more than once and food supplies in extra amounts.
💡clothing example is irrelevant to the food-waste focus
Today, people tend to buy far more food than they can consume, purchasing perishable supplies in excessive amounts that ultimately spoil and are thrown away.
Secondly, even if it may seem radical, authorities can introduce fines for wasting food resources.
💡solution stated but not extended with how it would work
Secondly, although it may seem radical, authorities could fine supermarkets and households that discard edible food, thereby discouraging careless overbuying.
To sum up, as food waste seems to be a remaining problem today, we are able to decrease it by suggesting harsh but effective methods as well as simple ways of human understanding.
💡conclusion is vague and repetitive, 'simple ways of human understanding' is unclear
To sum up, food waste remains a serious problem, but it can be reduced through a combination of firm regulation, such as fines, and long-term awareness campaigns.
The fastest route to 7.0
- Develop every idea with a "why/how" and a concrete, on-topic example — drop the clothing tangent and explain how fines or awareness actually reduce waste.
- Fix recurring accuracy slips: article omissions ("the UN", "the general population"), the missing verb in "there supposed to be", and the inversion after "Never before".
- Replace approximate collocations ("food being a waste", "give of effect", "ways of human understanding") with precise phrasing, and vary "problem" (×5) and "food waste" (×4).
Frequently asked questions
Why is this food-waste essay only Band 6?+
Ideas are asserted rather than developed, one example drifts off-topic, and there are recurring article, verb and collocation errors.
How can a Band 6 Task 2 essay reach Band 7?+
Develop each cause and solution with a 'why/how' and a concrete, on-topic example, and fix the recurring grammar and collocation slips.
How is this essay graded?+
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